Android Q gets dark theme support

Tired of being dazzled by the mobile’s white theme when you use it in the dark? It will probably end in Android Q, which gets a dark system theme.

There have been rumors for several years that Android gets support for a dark system theme that changes all menus and apps into a dark design. However, so far it has not been officially supported in Android, although Google has several times experimented with the feature.

But now it seems that a dark system theme becomes a reality. Android Police has spotted a comment from a Google developer in Google’s Chrome Browser Error Reporting System. Here the developer writes:

“Dark theme is an approved Q function (…) The Q team (developers working on Android Q, ed.) Would like to make sure that all pre-installed apps support the dark theme. To launch the dark theme successfully, all user interface elements must have a dark theme by May 2019. ”

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Google never speaks publicly about upcoming Android features. Something could also indicate that everyone was not supposed to read the comment. Soon after Android Police brought the story, Google hid the page where the comment was to be found.

Elsewhere, the developer mentions that the dark theme can be turned on and off under Settings ➜ Screen kt Dark Theme. The idea of ​​the function is thus that third-party apps also switch to a dark theme when activating the function in the phone’s settings.

However, for a start, it will probably be quite limited how many apps support the feature, as Google probably publishes an API over the coming months in connection with a beta release of Android Q. Then, developers probably have the opportunity to support dark themes in their apps.